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Over the publication in the newspaper "Business Petersburg" from 1 March 2010.

On behalf of the company ST. Peter line, we are authorized to state that the project to launch a new ferry line St. Petersburg - Helsinki has nothing to do with the "floating casinos" and / or organization of gambling. Casino is a common structural element and is available on all ferries and passenger vessels operating on international routes, along with bars, restaurants, duty free shops and other entertainment on board.

The opinion expressed by the editors of the newspaper "Business Petersburg" is untrue and does not have an objective basis.

On the 20th of April 2010 opened a new international ferry. Passenger ferry "Princess Mary" 5 times a week will carry traffic on the route Saint-Petersburg-Helsinki.

One flight with the release of St. Petersburg will be an entertaining cruise without calling at foreign ports, with the ability to take the vessel into the charter under the corporate event. This flight required the company "ST. Peter Line" to save the weekly release from Helsinki on Thursday, and from St. Petersburg on Friday.

The main purpose of the opening of the ferry line St. Petersburg-Helsinki by "ST. Peter line" is the revival of ferry shipping and the development of maritime tourism in St. Petersburg and other ports of Russia.

The ferry "Princess Mary" will be a unique opportunity for foreign tourists to arrive in St. Petersburg in Russia 72 hours without a visa that will allow St. Petersburg additionally attract up to 300 thousands of tourists throughout the year.

According to the methodology of calculation of income from tourism to launch a new ferry line will bring to St. Petersburg for more than 30 million euros per year in the form of financial flow of foreign tourists and over 10 million euros in charges in the budgets of different levels.

C of March 2010go was started pre-sale tickets. The new ferry line will be the most affordable and comfortable way to travel between Finland and Russia and will strengthen economic, cultural and trade relations between the two countries.

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